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  Skirting the Boundary - A...

  Isabelle Duncan

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  For too long, women have been kept beyond the boundary. Now, they are storming the field. This is their story. Cricket is a sport noted for the richness of its literature, yet despite all that has been written on the great game there remains a yawning gap - where are all the women? This omission may have been understandable in the early and middle part of the last century, when women's cricket existed in a twilight world, regarded as a sport for ladies who could perhaps be most tactfully described as 'unconventional'. But times have changed, and Izzy Duncan's groundbreaking book comes on the scene not a moment too soon. We begin in the late eighteenth century, when ladies made their first mark on cricket amid frantic betting and rowdy crowds. Then on to the highs and lows of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, culminating in the contemporary superstars dominating world cricket and on the cusp of going professional. Tracing the history of the ladies' game, delving into its sometimes murky past and revealing its recent explosion in popularity, Skirting the Boundary is a humorous, affectionate and charming portrayal of one of the fastest-growing global sports.

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  Cycling Plus: The Cyclist's...

  Rob Kemp

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  Words to help everyday riders become slimmed-down, upgraded cyclists.

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  Sunny Jim - The Life of...

  Jimmy Breslin

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  An evocative portrait of the Triple Crown–winning racehorse trainer: “sportswriting as good as it could ever possibly be” (New York Daily News).   At seventy-seven, James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons should have been considering retirement. His six-decade career stretched back to 1885, when, as an eleven year-old, he began working as a stable boy. After failing as a jockey, Fitzsimmons—or Mr. Fitz to those in the know—started training horses, eventually winning three Kentucky Derbys, two Triple Crowns, and more than two thousand races. But by 1951, glory seemed to be behind him. His wife’s sudden death took the light from his eyes, and retirement loomed. And then he met Nashua. She was the kind of horse trainers dream of. Big, powerful, with a windpipe that could suck down enough air to keep her running for weeks. Mr. Fitz knew he had a winner. It was only a matter of time before he realized that he had also just met the most remarkable horse of his long, storied career. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

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  He Shoots He Saves - The Story...

  John Waldman

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  Whether it’s a ticket stub from a game that father and son saw together, an autographed photograph from a hero, or a puck that went up and over the boards, hockey memorabilia is a record of our beloved sport’s history.He Shoots, He Saves looks at hockey’s collectibles from hockey cards to commemorative beer cans to postage stamps. The book features artifacts from all 30 NHL teams, the greatest players of all-time, the WHA, the international game including the Summit Series, and the women’s game. Hockey greats such as Martin Brodeur, Frank Mahovlich, Ted Lindsay, and Sidney Crosby recall their own days collecting and offer their perspectives on memorabilia.

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  Golf: Short Game Mastery - 13...

  Steven Franco

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  Turn your Lousy Short Game Into Your Game Winning Moment 
   
  Let's be honest...being "just good enough" is good enough for your average golfer. They break par here and there on a weekend trip to the course, but they never truly get good at the game.  
   
  And by good, I mean breaking par each and every time. I mean sinking those "impossible" shots where your buddies' jaws drop. I mean never having to buy the post-game rounds of beer again. 
   
  That was my problem 20 years ago. I hated having an unpredictable scorecard, I hated being laughed at, and most of all, I hated losing. 
   
  That's when I got serious about the game. I studied every trick, tip, and tactic under the sun, and I can tell you, if there's one thing I learned at the end of it all, it's that the key to winning is all in the short game. 
   
  After all that studying, I finally realized (in the most obvious way) that if I couldn't sink my wedge shots, my game was over before it even began. 
   
  So over time, as I started applying these newfound short game tactics, my score got lower and lower. I got better and better. And most importantly, I started winning. 
   
  Fortunately for you, you don't have to read the two dozen books that I did to master the game. I took all of the best tactics & winning techniques to get your short game up and running, and jam-packed them all into one easy-to-read guidebook to take you from loser beginner to a rockstar on the course. 
   
   If your golf game is lacking that close range finesse, then stop right here. This is the only short game guidebook you will ever need, because, quite frankly, I've read them all. It's time to step up your game, take it seriously, and start winning consistently. 
  Inside This Game-Changing New Book, I Will Teach You... 
  •How to Setup for the Perfect Wedge Shot 
  •The Shot-Sinking Short Game Stance 
  •The Short Backswing Method 
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  •Reading the Terrain Like A Savant 
  •The 10 Toughest Wedge Shots & Much More! 
   
  When you have the the right equipment, the right advice, and the rarely talked about techniques that the pros use, you have all the makings of an amazing wedge game. 
  It's time to take your short game to another level. Scroll back up and click BUY IT NOW!Your golf game will never look better!

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  Collision Course - The Olympic...

  Jason Henderson

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  The true story of two elite runners and a disastrous race at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The Olympic crowds—as well as millions of viewers at home—were looking forward to watching South African-born barefoot runner Zola Budd, representing Britain, in competition against the American favorite Mary Decker. But as the two ran in close proximity during the 3000-meter race in Los Angeles, disaster struck. Decker tumbled to the inside of the track after her legs tangled with Budd’s while the two competed for pole position. A distraught and frustrated Decker, unable to carry on, watched in tears as Maricica Puica of Romania stormed to gold while Budd, who was heavily booed by the partisan crowd in the closing stages, faded to seventh. Using the famous Olympic moment as its focal point, Collision Course tells the story of two of the best-known athletes of the twentieth century, analyzes their place in history as pioneers of women's sport, and lifts the lid on two lives that have been filled with sporting and political intrigue that, until now, has never been fully told.

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